Apparatus for steaming velvet, silk, laces, or like materials.



No. 762,333. PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904.

J. A. MILLER.

APPARATUS FOR STEAMING VELVET, SILK, LAOBS, 0R LIKE MATERIALS.

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Patented June 14, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

JOHN A. MILLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

APPARATUS FOR STEAMING VELVET, SILK, LACES, OR LIKE MATERIALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,333, dated June 14, 1904. Application filed February 13, 1902. Serial No. 93,870- (NO od To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A. MILLER, a citi tion, reference being had to the accompany-.

ing drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to provide improved means whereby velvet, silk, laces, or like materials that have become creased or the appearance of which has become impaired may be steamed in order that the creases may be removed and a fresh appearance may be given to such articles. When velvet, for example, has been worn for a considerable length of time, it is apt to become creased and to have the nap pressed flat and rubbed, thereby causing the velvet to seem Worn or old long before it has been seriously impaired. By steaming and brushing such velvet the nap can be caused to resume its normal position, so that the velvet after the'steaming operation shall appear like new. Velvet has heretofore been steamed by placing a damp cloth over the face of an ordinary sad-iron and laying the velvet upon the cloth; but as the ordinary sad-iron when placed on end stands in an approximately vertical position and is not held against lateral movement it is difficult for the operator to retain the velvet upon the iron with one hand while brushing the nap with the other. Moreover, the ordinary sadiron is formed with sharp angular edges, which are apt to leave creases in the velvet, notwithstanding the interposition of the damp cloth between the velvet and the iron.

My invention has forits object to provide means whereby velvet and like materials may be steamed;'and the invention consists in the features of improvement hereinafter described, illustrated'in the drawings, and particularly defined in the claim at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the stand with the steaming-iron in position for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the stand.

'A designates my steaming-iron, the base of which extends at right angles to the sides, while the frontor upper end of the iron is rounded. The working face a of the iron has its edges rounded, as at a. The iron A is provided with a handle B, suitably connected to the body of the iron. The handle B of the iron is adapted to set within a suitable seat or opening against the bottom of the opening and aiding in rigidly holding the iron in position. The end of the opening 0 toward the base of the iron is contracted, so as to better grip the narrow part of the handle when the latter is set within the opening. The iron having been heated in the usual manner will be, placed upon the stand in the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the handle B of the iron setting within the opening 0 of the stand and being securely held thereby. When in this position, the working face of the iron will be at an angle of about forty-five degrees, so that a damp cloth and the velvet placed thereon will not readily slide down off the iron.

In steaming velvet or like material the operator will place the heated iron in the position shown in Fig. 1 and will then lay a damp cloth over the face of the iron, and having placed the velvet upon the cloth, with the nap side of the velvet uppermost, will lightly brush the nap with a suitable brush, so as to cause thenap while subjected to the steam rising from the cloth to assume its normal position. The operator willadvance the velvet and from time to time also the damp cloth to expose new surfaces to the steaming opera- Inasmuch as the working tion of the iron.

face of the iron has rounded edges all danger is avoided of forming creases in the velvet or like material as it is being steamed.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new is A support for holding a sad-iron for steaming velvet or the like consisting of a base having a raised top plate provided with an elongated opening, both ends of said opening be- 10 ing closed, one of the closed ends of said opening serving as a rest for the handle of the sadiron to hold said iron in inclined position and the other end of said opening being contracted and serving to grip the handle of the sadiron and hold the iron against lateral movement.

JOHN A. MILLER. Witnesses:

GEO. P. FISHER, J r., ALBERTA ADAMIoK. 

